A Broken down train blocked the busy main Hastings to London line today causing travel chaos to thousands of commuters throughout the morning peak.

The
4.57 am Tonbridge to Charing Cross Southeastern service -
the first train through - broke down at Hildenborough station where there
is only single track in either direction.

The
train couldn't be moved and trains stacked up behind.

The
power was switched off while an inspection of the train was made. Some London
bound services were diverted at Tonbridge via Redhill.

Buses
replaced trains between Tonbridge and Sevenoaks.

Greater
Anglia commuters into Liverpool Street suffered more delays today - this time
due to emergency engineering work at Clacton-on-Sea. This affected services via
Chelmsford.

Engineering
work is expected to last until mid-afternoon.

Commuters on
the same route yesterday suffered disruption due to signal failure.

Long
distance services (South West Trains) into mainline Waterloo and Paddington
(First Great Western) from the west of England suffered numerous cancellations
and delays due to flooding and bad weather conditions.